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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
57
Population
137
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚DG1 3SB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
137
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
106
Single
41
Married
46
Separated
4
Divorced
12
Widowed
3

Health

Population
137
Very good
89
Good
34
Fair
8
Bad
4
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
106
Scotland❚DG1 3SB❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
137
White British
9
White Scottish
123
White Irish
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
137
England
11
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
123
Germany
2

Religion

Population
137
Christian
53
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
85
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
3
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚DG1 3SB❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
5
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
8
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
57
Detached
14
Semi detached
40
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
13
Two people
23
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3UB DG1 3SQ DG1 3RA DG1 3SD DG1 3TH DG1 3TJ DG1 3SG DG1 3TQ DG1 3TG DG1 3NS DG1 3UQ DG1 3TF DG1 3TE DG1 3NR

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019